Brian

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Hawksbill Cay Neighborhood

After a great few days at Shroud Cay, we moved to the next island south in the Land and Sea Park – Hawksbill Cay. But not before a giant U-Turn! When the West Wind Blows We departed Shroud Cay when a strong west wind was on the horizon. This was […]

Shroud Cay Neighborhood

Normans Cay We motored south from Long Cay with plans to anchor inside the Normans Cay channel for protection from the expected strong northerly. Normans Cay is a popular spot, with a submerged drug-runner’s plane in the channel, a new marina, snorkeling, and hiking. For us, it was an exercise […]

Highbourne Neighborhood

The Exumas! We made it. Time to explore. Time to rest. With another cold blow coming through, we decided to just chill for awhile. We spent a week at the Highbourne West anchorage, mostly staying on the boat, before venturing out to explore. At the end of our stay, a […]

Chub Cay to Highborne Cay

With the watermaker fixed and the Christmas blow giving way to calm conditions, we set out from Chub Cay for our ultimate destination – the Exumas. There are several routes, but in general the first day involves crossing the deep water to New Providence island, where Nassau is located, while […]

Bimini to Chub Cay (The Great Watermaker Saga)

Upon arriving in Bimini, we had two critical issues to deal with: Fix the watermaker Buy a cellular plan Further complicating our situation was that without a cellular plan, we couldn’t make phone calls about the watermaker unless we had marina WiFi. We weren’t going anywhere. Making the Wrong Kind […]